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Member	justin_tighe-hotmail - 7/1/2009 6:39:54 PM Database: Changing the CMS database or retrieving data from external sources Is it possible to amend the CMS database by adding my own schema to the database and then display the data in the portal? Can I retrieve and update data from external databases to display in the portal? Are there any examples, what is the best practice?

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kentico_ondrejv - 7/6/2009 8:11:15 AM

RE:Database: Changing the CMS database or retrieving data from external sources

Hello,

It's possible to create additional tables. You can use 'Custom tables' feature: http://devnet.kentico.com/docs/devguide/managing_custom_tables.htm. You will display the data using standard controls.

Regarding external database - it's possible to display data from external database. It depends what approach you use - if you develop your site using Portal engine please see following article: http://devnet.kentico.com/docs/devguide/displaying_data_from_external_database_or_web_service.htm.
Whether you have ASPX templates please see following: http://devnet.kentico.com/docs/devguide/displaying_data_from_external_database.htm

Best regards
Ondrej Vasil

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sonic4ss-gmail - 8/26/2013 7:36:21 AM

RE:Database: Changing the CMS database or retrieving data from external sources

the first link looks great

http://devnet.kentico.com/docs/devguide/displaying_data_from_external_database_or_web_service.htm.

but there is something missing here i need
there is a problem when opening WebProject.sln in visual studio as i tried because the wep pages already working from virtual paths

so, How can it work through these steps to open it in visual studio ?


Kentico Customer Success	kentico_martind2 - 8/26/2013 6:33:51 PM RE:Database: Changing the CMS database or retrieving data from external sources Hello, Could you please tell us which version of Kentico are you actually running? Best Regards, Martin Danko


Member	sonic4ss-gmail - 9/25/2013 8:48:35 AM RE:Database: Changing the CMS database or retrieving data from external sources right now since this Quote belong to 2009 and now we are 2013 i'm using Kentico CMS 7.0 and Visual Studio 2012, and i' try to open Kentico project as (exist web site) from IIS in VS 2012 so i can change the ConnectionString but i failed :(

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kentico_martind2 - 9/26/2013 2:23:19 AM

RE:Database: Changing the CMS database or retrieving data from external sources

Hello,

Next time, please open a new thread under version 7 forum, version 4 is not supported anymore.

What exactly is the problem in your case? The connection string is stored in the web.config file and you can edit this file in any text editor and change the connection string without opening the project.

Best regards,
Martin Danko

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